LD-46 Tower Defense by AlexHicks

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made by AlexHicks for Ludum Dare 46 (JAM)

Tower Defense is a captain toad inspired game around defending your Nexus Crystal from incoming invaders.

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Ratings

Overall 1500th 3.371⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Fun 1268th 3.29⭐ 33🧑‍⚖️
Innovation 2054th 2.828⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Theme 1945th 3.266⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Graphics 432th 4.167⭐ 35🧑‍⚖️
Audio 613th 3.578⭐ 34🧑‍⚖️
Humor 1767th 2.315⭐ 29🧑‍⚖️
Mood 1530th 3.214⭐ 30🧑‍⚖️
Given 10🗳️ 13🗨️

Feedback

ShyguyBerlin
20. Apr 2020 · 22:36 UTC
Probably you can't fix that, but it takes a very long time to load the game
Moritz14
20. Apr 2020 · 22:36 UTC
There are no images at how to play, just black ones... so I don't know how to play... But i can already tell that i love the music, it's damn good!WOW!!!Please publish the sound on spotify!!:D
Andret0701
20. Apr 2020 · 22:39 UTC
Cool idea! Really liked the design of the island and how you could place towers anywhere. Good game, only problem was that placing towers was a bit hard.
akenoq
20. Apr 2020 · 22:40 UTC
wonderful graphics and mood =)
Gray Fustos
20. Apr 2020 · 22:41 UTC
Nice graphics and animations. Interesting concept. I managed to get some of the monsters stuck because of how I placed my towers I think but also the fact that I can affect their path really speaks to how dynamic the game is. Great job
MeHigh
20. Apr 2020 · 22:41 UTC
i enjoyed it! a little confusing about placements but fun overall
Ian Kettlewell
20. Apr 2020 · 22:44 UTC
A really put together game for a gamejam! I was a little confused at first about how to place towers. I didn't realize I had no crystals, and then the animation for crystal clicking was kinda slow so I didn't notice I was picking them up. I spent a while clicking around to figure out how to place towers.

I liked that you could block enemy paths with the towers, it's cool when tower defense games allow more flexibility like that.

Also the art, assets, and animations are really impressive for 48 hours! I really liked the detail of the fish under the water. A great aesthetic!
KDgame
20. Apr 2020 · 22:45 UTC
Nice tower defense game! Love the music!
Billnotic
20. Apr 2020 · 22:45 UTC
The load time is insane.
Smackmet
20. Apr 2020 · 22:46 UTC
Pretty fun game ! Loved the idea of picking up crystals and the 3D Cube with multiple spawns. Graphics and Music are pretty neet aswell.
20. Apr 2020 · 22:46 UTC
Cool game! I like the graphics and camera controls!
Oleksandr Rogovskyi
20. Apr 2020 · 22:47 UTC
A little bit confusing around how to place towers, but I liked the graphics and the overall mood!
PromZona
20. Apr 2020 · 22:47 UTC
Looks pretty. Like it. But I have broke AI by blocking way to crystal by towers.
workshopcraft
20. Apr 2020 · 22:47 UTC
This game crashed the first time I tried to load it and now it's loading VERY slowly. I can't tell if this is loading now. is your web server overloaded?
PHPGator
20. Apr 2020 · 22:47 UTC
Unlike others, I never could figure out how to place towers. Overall, the design looked great. I think I would have enjoyed it more if I could figure out how to place the towers! Great work though!
Jasuse
21. Apr 2020 · 13:15 UTC
Really liked the camera mechanics(you have to rotate it in order to find crystals, enemy spawns), Core mechanics intuitive and graphics design enhances it. However I miss sfx on towers(hits, shoots etc)
Draedrus
21. Apr 2020 · 14:49 UTC
I liked the camera rotation and the spawns around the crystal
Anaferus
21. Apr 2020 · 17:04 UTC
Stylish models and cute color palette - good job! This game reminded me of games from my youth.
Andrew-David
21. Apr 2020 · 18:31 UTC
Really nice graphics and audio, gameplay was fun too but my browser was having a hard time rendering it.
Rob Capper
22. Apr 2020 · 13:14 UTC
The graphics and art style are great and polished, especially for the time frame! I enjoyed the exploration mechanic of finding crystals and finding enemy spawn points. The resource gathering is a great extra layer of gameplay especially when trying to balance that with building towers and monitoring enemies.

I would love to see more! There are so many ways this game could be expanded and it would be a day one purchase on Steam if I ever saw it there!
GastricSparrow
24. Apr 2020 · 02:55 UTC
Great polished graphics and nice music! You have all the classic TD stuff and I had fun playing this.

If you were to improve this, I would only ask for some quality of life stuff, like range indicator, hover preview, and maybe some game feel / polish elements like explosions. Great job!
🎤 AlexHicks
24. Apr 2020 · 12:57 UTC
@gastricsparrow For sure a UX pass over everything would be a great addition to level the game up.
elysiagriffin
09. May 2020 · 18:57 UTC
Thanks for submitting your game for me to play on my livestream!

If you’d like to rewatch the playthrough, you can find it here:

https://www.twitch.tv/videos/615928274?t=2h47m30s

Good luck on your ratings, see you next LD! :D

💜 Elysia Griffin AKA Button Feedback Lady

https://www.twitch.tv/elysiagriffin